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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 31571

A doctor uses a rigid scope along with an operating microscope, inserted through the mouth, to view the voice box and inject a substance into a vocal cord to add bulk or improve its position. This approach is typically done in an operating room under anesthesia, and it can help improve the voice or swallowing when a vocal cord is not closing properly, such as after vocal cord paralysis.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$2,694

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,694 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$282 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,175 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $251 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $295

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Colorado than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Rhode Island· 23rd of 51

$2,694

$295 physician + $2,399 facility

CO $6,252MT $735

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.